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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

417 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 21

Result of an Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1904 · page 3

A lad named Percy Roberts, who was ter-ribly injured in a collision between milk carts at Darlinghurst yesterday. is now in the hospital in n dying condition…

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A Train Fatality. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 3

AN inquest was held to-day on the body of a young married woman named Mrs Harmer, of Dundas, Purramatta district, who was killed on…

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A Terrible Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 3

An excursion steamer at New York was destroyed by fire, causing 500 deaths…

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Railway Fatality. Woman Cut to Pieces

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 4

LATE on Monday night the body of a woman was found lying on the railway line near the Broadmeadow station. The body was subsequently identified…

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The Excursion Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 5

The United States Government has ordered an inquiry to be held in connection with the fire that occurred on board the excursion steamer General Slocum. and through…

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Railway Fatality in the West One Man Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 6

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred near Yarloop, near Perth, on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of one man and injuries to others, whose…

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Fatality at Campbelltown. a Singular Suicide. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 4

A MAN named Edmund Bourke. a resident of Campbelltown, shot himself dead to-day. He had been suffering from influenza. It appears that tbe…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 5

Through the bursting of a tyre of a motor car running at the rate of 65 miles an hour in France, Hillier, the well-known English motorist, the Marquis of Dandriffet, and…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 5

while a motor car in France was running at a speed of 65 miles an hour, one of the tyres burst. and the Marquis Daudiffera-Pas-quier was killed…

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Local News. Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 June 1904 · page 2

We learn that Mr Amos Gould, while working at the Excelsior Steam Sawmills yesterday evening, had a portion of his thumb injured by the machinery of the mill…

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A Girl Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 3

Julia von Deur Leazz, aged 11, fell into the water from Watson's Bay wharf today, and was drowned…

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A Life Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 3

George Farrell, aged 19, fell down a lift well at Henry Bull and Co.'s new buildings, Marketstreet, today, and sustained a frac-tured Skull, besides other injuries. His case…

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Drowning Fatality. an Adventure Off Port Hacking

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 4

News was received on Saturday night of a dreadful drowning fatality off Port Hacking Two well-known residents of Port Hacking, William Newton and Charles Bullimore, left…

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The Very Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. Fearful Browning Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 5

Two hundred and fifty pilgrims, many of them women and children, were crossing the river Dree in a ferry, when the bottom fell out of the boat, and 150 were drowned in…

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Fatal Boating Disaster. One Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 3

On Saturday morning the steamer Herga, while on a trip to Wollongong for a cargo of coal passed a boat off Long Nose Point, Captain Bennett…

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The War. Great Russian Disaster. a Battleship Sunk. Admiral and 750 Men Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

The fresh naval disaster which has befallen the Russian fleet at Port Arthur has produced profound…

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Verdict of Accidental Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

At the inquest on Miss Fysche, who died on Saturday, as the result of frightful burns, while reading in bed at the King's Head Hotel, a verdict of…

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A Fatal Driving Accident

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

A man named Francis Spencer, head stockman at Torilla station, was driving a four-in-hand on Sunday afternoon near Rockhampton, and in…

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Thirty-three Men Drowned. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 3

While 100 men were engaged in removing sand from a conduit supplying the electric works at Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), the water was…

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An A[?]pine Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 5

Arthur Rood[?] a London slicitor who was without guide while climbing the Alps. fell into c[?]vasse and was killed at Zermatt…

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